Comments on: Five Programming Languages You Really SHOULD Learn Right Now http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/ Adventures in Computer Programming Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:45:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sandrar http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-23886 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:36:46 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-23886 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Thomas David Baker http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18647 Thomas David Baker Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:06:08 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-18647 How wonderful to be young and to be so sure that you know it all Mr. Bentley! I suppose that's what I deserve for writing a piece like this that takes a similarly strident tone. As an "IT pro" (what a horrible designation) I caution you that popularity and "should I learn that" do not necessarily go hand-in-hand, particularly in a fast-paced field like computing. How wonderful to be young and to be so sure that you know it all Mr. Bentley!

I suppose that’s what I deserve for writing a piece like this that takes a similarly strident tone.

As an “IT pro” (what a horrible designation) I caution you that popularity and “should I learn that” do not necessarily go hand-in-hand, particularly in a fast-paced field like computing.

]]> By: bentley coup http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18645 bentley coup Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:59:38 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-18645 Dude have you ever learned any type of programming in college. Ask any type of IT pro or student what are the top 5 programming languages and he or she will say C#, C++, Java, Visual Basic, and MySql (database programming) Dude have you ever learned any type of programming in college.

Ask any type of IT pro or student what are the top 5 programming languages
and he or she will say C#, C++, Java, Visual Basic, and MySql (database programming)

]]> By: Thomas David Baker http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-9945 Thomas David Baker Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:39:56 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-9945 Not a cash price, Gabe, a toll on your soul! I know that because it has a published standard and it's been going in some interesting directions that people are questioning how high that price really is. But why find out? Not a cash price, Gabe, a toll on your soul!

I know that because it has a published standard and it’s been going in some interesting directions that people are questioning how high that price really is. But why find out?

]]> By: Gabe http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-9939 Gabe Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:38:22 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-9939 "Not worth paying the Microsoft price for" # you mean, free? http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/ “Not worth paying the Microsoft price for” # you mean, free?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/

]]> By: fentex http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-6745 fentex Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:35:37 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-6745 Having just written a script in Ruby I know from experience that its Regular Expression support is not as good as Perls - its engine does not support the same rich options nor performs as fast. Though the white-space nonsense in Python makes Ruby the obvious choice between those two. What I'd like is a language with ECMAScripts syntax (including nice new E4X native XML types) and versatility, Perls regular expression engine and language integration and Pythons list handling, tidy Virtual Machine and extensibility. Throw in decent inheritance (ala both Python and Ruby) and it'd be grrrrrreeeeat. Having just written a script in Ruby I know from experience that its Regular Expression support is not as good as Perls – its engine does not support the same rich options nor performs as fast. Though the white-space nonsense in Python makes Ruby the obvious choice between those two.

What I’d like is a language with ECMAScripts syntax (including nice new E4X native XML types) and versatility, Perls regular expression engine and language integration and Pythons list handling, tidy Virtual Machine and extensibility. Throw in decent inheritance (ala both Python and Ruby) and it’d be grrrrrreeeeat.

]]> By: Thomas David Baker http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Thomas David Baker Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:26:15 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-2289 Steve Yegge's latest post is somewhat related (even talks about Ruby v Python a little) and a lot more articulate than mine: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/bloggers-block-4-ruby-and-java-and.html Steve Yegge’s latest post is somewhat related (even talks about Ruby v Python a little) and a lot more articulate than mine: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/bloggers-block-4-ruby-and-java-and.html

]]> By: Craig http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 Craig Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:45:03 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-2270 C/C++ is my favourite language, I prefer it, it is the most powerful and flexible. It is also good if one familiarize oneself with Assembler, because it puts you closer to the machine reality and its understanding.. I mean, even if you don't need ASM in your job, it is good just to familiarize yourself with it. C/C++ is my favourite language, I prefer it, it is the most powerful and flexible. It is also good if one familiarize oneself with Assembler, because it puts you closer to the machine reality and its understanding.. I mean, even if you don’t need ASM in your job, it is good just to familiarize yourself with it.

]]> By: shavenwarthog http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-2249 shavenwarthog Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:59:59 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-2249 Hmm, not bad. I'd suggest a slightly different partitioning: 1) a "hard" language, where you care about memory. You've never programmed if you can count the number of coredumps of your own code. C, maybe C++ or assembly. Java? 2) a "soft" language. Ruby, maybe Perl. Best is Python so you can test things interactively, it has readable syntax, no braces, it's brief, and it has both functional, OO, and Lispy features. 3) a Lispy language, because you have to think in such a different pattern. Code, data, who cares? It's all big blobs! Scheme, Common Lisp, maybe Smalltalk or Prolog or CLIPS if you dont have to worry about getting a job. :) arent languages great? Hmm, not bad. I’d suggest a slightly different partitioning:

1) a “hard” language, where you care about memory. You’ve never programmed if you can count the number of coredumps of your own code.

C, maybe C++ or assembly. Java?

2) a “soft” language. Ruby, maybe Perl. Best is Python so you can test things interactively, it has readable syntax, no braces, it’s brief, and it has both functional, OO, and Lispy features.

3) a Lispy language, because you have to think in such a different pattern. Code, data, who cares? It’s all big blobs! Scheme, Common Lisp, maybe Smalltalk or Prolog or CLIPS if you dont have to worry about getting a job. :)

arent languages great?

]]> By: Mr C http://bluebones.net/2006/09/five-programming-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-2236 Mr C Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:57:46 +0000 http://bluebones.net/2006/09/787/#comment-2236 >Not sure you were adding much to the discussion Perhaps a fair point. Maybe not. Who knows. That's why I posted it. There are a load of blogs, articles etc on "what is the best language". They all get lots of responses, because it's a pretty emotive issue - we all have our favourites and it can easily degrade into a slanging match of "your language sucks because it doesn't have feature x" followed by a response of "yes it does, you just don't know how to use it". blah blah blah. Next year, there will be a different set of "5 languages you must learn" and so on - it's not practical, or possible to keep up with every cool language / framework / methodology. You would spend your life chasing your tail and never doing any real development work. Which is why I also said in my post something like: "pick a language, learn it well, pass on your knowledge to others". Hey, just my opinion. But that's the whole point, right? >Not sure you were adding much to the discussion

Perhaps a fair point. Maybe not. Who knows. That’s why I posted it. There are a load of blogs, articles etc on “what is the best language”. They all get lots of responses, because it’s a pretty emotive issue – we all have our favourites and it can easily degrade into a slanging match of “your language sucks because it doesn’t have feature x” followed by a response of “yes it does, you just don’t know how to use it”. blah blah blah.

Next year, there will be a different set of “5 languages you must learn” and so on – it’s not practical, or possible to keep up with every cool language / framework / methodology. You would spend your life chasing your tail and never doing any real development work.

Which is why I also said in my post something like: “pick a language, learn it well, pass on your knowledge to others”.

Hey, just my opinion. But that’s the whole point, right?

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